Rajeev Ranjan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59748 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2 Year-2016 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Patna ====================================================== RAJEEV RANJAN S/O RAJ KIESHORE PRASAD R/O IN FRONT OF SALES TAX OFFICE, DORUKHI GALI, MOGALPURA, P.S. - KHAJEKALAN ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rina Sinha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Madhura Nand Jha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 20-09-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner has prayed for regular bail in a case instituted for the offence under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The allegation against the petitioner is of committing rape upon the informant.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. He has committed no offence. Informant is a married lady, who is aged

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59748 of 2023(3) dt.20-09-2023 2/3 about 33 years. He submitted that the place of occurrence is of the year 2013 and the case has been lodged after three years of delay i.e. in the year 2016. He submitted that 12-13 years ago the petitioner went Mumbai where he met with the informant Sangita Soni and in the month of July 2013 the informant came at Patna and on request the petitioner gave her permission to stay at his residence. During investigation, neither I.O. called FIR named witnesses nor tried to record their statement recorded u/s 161 of the Cr.P.C., but charge-sheet has been submitted only on the basis of the statements given by informant and her mother. Petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in para-3 of the bail petition. He is languishing in judicial custody since 16.06.2023.

5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case as well as period of custody, this court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below in connection with

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59748 of 2023(3) dt.20-09-2023 3/3 Mahila P.S. Case No. 02 of 2016.

(Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) arish/- U